Message from the President

GIOVANNI D. GABRIENTOPresident, FY 2017-2018

The incumbent Board of Directors of the Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines is humbled with the great honor to serve the industry as we embraced the challenge to formulate and implement programs for our members.

DAVAO CITY — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is set to roll out a five-year financial inclusion program that will tap rural banks as the window for loans to the poor. Kelly Bird, ADB country director for the Philippines, said in an interview with BusinessWorld here last week that the ADB is final...